The final recommendations are expected to go to
the Secretary of the Army in the year 2000. The
report will help Congress determine the best
course of action towards recovery of Snake River
endangered and listed salmon.
Loss of the four dams would reduce the output of
the federal power system by 1,231 average
megawatts in an average water year, or about 11
percent of the federal system’s production and
about 5 percent of total energy production in the
Northwest.
That loss will …
